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crests and some minute dark tubercles ; on the summit of the apical 

 declivity the yellowish setae are concentrated, so as to form a transverse 

 series of 6 lines or small crests ; the declivity is substriate-punctate, and 

 bears minute tufts. 



Legs stout and elongate, with coarse elongate setae ; tibiae nearly 

 straight, slightly mucronate at inner extremity. Terminal joint of tarsi 

 thick, arched above, and about as long as the other three taken together, 

 with small claws. 



Underside dull fusco-piceous, abdomen nude and impunctate ; the 

 basal segment and metasternum are broadly medially depressed ; the 2nd 

 segment is as long as the basal, slightly nitid, with the frontal suture well 

 marked, and oblique towards the sides ; 3rd and 4th abbreviated, with dcc^p 

 straight sutures ; 5th rufescent, with an apical fovea in the middle, thus 

 appearing slightly elevated near the centre. Prosteruum deeply incurved 

 in front. 



Careful comparison with B. armiger (2893) shows that the thoracic 

 sculpture is quite different. The eyes are rather smaller. The antennae 

 stouter. The hind face of the elytra is more abruptly pei-pendicular, and 

 the posterior coxae more widely separated and almost in contact with the 

 prominent intermediate pair. 



Length (rostrum inclusive), 3 mm. ; breadth, 1 J mm. 



Erua. Three specimens were found in a parcel of decaying forest leaves 

 collected by Mr. W. J. Guinness, at an altitude of 2,500 ft., in April, 1910. 



3281. Clypeorhynchus calvulus sp. nov. Glypeorhynchus Sharp, M?.n. 

 N.Z. Coleopt., p. 1210. 



Convex, moderately elongate somewhat nitid, rufo-castaneous ; nearly 

 nude, there being only a few slender greyish scales on the rostrum and sides 

 of thorax. 



Eostrum rather shorter than thorax, slightly medially narrowed, nearly 

 smooth in front, elsewhere moderately coarsely punctate, indistinctly 

 bicarinate, and, towards the base, obtusely elevated longitudinally. Head 

 short, narrowed anteriorly, rugosely punctate, but at its sides, behind 

 the eyes, nearly smooth ; there is a shallow interocular fovea. Thorax 

 of almost equal length and breadth, widest before the middle, very gradually 

 narrowed behind, a good deal but not abruptly so in front ; slightly uneven, 

 with an obtuse but not prominent elevation near each side at the widest 

 part, and a broad irregular depression along the middle ; its sculpture 

 consists of short irregular rugosities and punctures. Scutellum obsolete. 

 Elytra slightly wider than thorax at the base, much narrowed and declivous 

 behind, shoulders slightly narrowed ; they are nearly double the length 

 of the thorax, with subparallel sides ; the disc is nearly plane and obviously 

 striate, but the punctation of the striae is somewhat indefinite, more so near 

 the suture than at the sides ; interstices minutely tuberculate and rugose ; 

 the 4th, 5th, and 6th become confluent and slightly prominent at some 

 distance from the apices, which are rounded and do not quite cover the last 

 abdominal segment. 



Legs elongate ; femora strongly clavate beyond the middle but slender 

 near the base ; tibiae slightly dilated inwardly below the knees and bent 

 inwards near the extremity ; penultimate tarsal joint with elongate lobes. 

 Scape flexuous and slender, but clavate near the extremity ; basal joint of 

 the funiculus rather longer than 2nd. 



